Mother wanted for child endangerment found by Corpus Christi police

CORPUS CHRISTI - A woman who escaped from police early Tuesday was captured Wednesday for suspicion of child endangerment.

Officers were called to the 1400 block of Paige Place at 1:12 a.m. and found a child unsupervised outside the apartment. Officers, who police said were familiar with Katherine Gaynor, 22, from previous calls to the address, found her and said the interior of the apartment was in a hazardous condition for children.

Police contacted Child Protective Services and arrested Gaynor. Officers allowed the woman to gather a car seat and other items, while Deonte Jones, 17, held the child. Police said Jones distracted the officers and got between them and the woman, and she escaped through a window.

Jones was arrested for suspicion of hindering apprehension, a third-degree felony.

Police said the child was placed in the custody of Child Protective Services.

Gaynor was being held Thursday in Nueces County Jail on $10,000 bail for the second-degree felony.